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vVEHICLE WHEEL Filed Jan. 18 1923 Patented Feb. 19, 1924.

JOHN W. SHEPARD, OF TUCSON, ARIZONA.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

Application filed January 18, 1923. Serial No. 613,464;

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN lV. SHEPARD, a citizen ot the United States, and a resident oi Tucson, in the county oit' Pima and State ot Arizona, have invented a new and Improvedv Vehicle Wheel, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention has relation to vehicle wheels and has particular reference to an improvement in automobile wheels ot' the disk type. y

One ot the principal objects of the present invention is to provide a disk wheel in which the disk which constitutes the element tor supporting the tire supporting rim 'from the hub is detachably associa-ted with the hub whereby the same may be readily associated or disassociated therewith when desired.

:is a ifurther object the invention contemplates in a disk for supporting a rim and tire from a hub means incorporated in said disk for lending a limited amount of flexibility thereto whereby vibration occasioned by excessive weight, jar, or jolt, will be partially absorbed. and whereby expansion or contraction due to excessive heat or cold is compensated for. y

As a further object t-he invention contemplates a disk wheel for vehicles which is eX- tremely simple in its construction, inexpensive to manufacture and which `is thoroughly reliable and highly eilicient in its purpose.

lVith the above recited and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction set forth in the JfollowingV speci fication, particularlyy pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, it being understood that the right is reserved to embodiments other than those actually illustrated herein to the lfull extent indicated by thc general meaning of the terms in which the claims are expressed.

ln the drawing Figure 'l is a side view ot a wheel constructed in accordance with the invention, parts being broken away to disclose the underlying structure.

Fig. 2 is av transverse sectional view therethrough taken approximately on the line f 2--2 of Fig. l.

Fig'. 3 is a side view ci' the hub and washer with the disk removed Fig. e is a collective side view of the hub and washer in juxtaposition.

Fig. 5 is'an inner side view of the washer clamping member.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view therethrough taken approximately on the line (i-G of Fig. 5.

lfleiierring to the drawing by characters ot reference, '10 designates the hub of the wheel which is provided adjacent one end with an enlarged circumferential shoulder ll, the inner face ot which is provided with radial corrugations '12. At the opposite end the hub is provided with a reduced extension 'i3 having circumferentially spaced radially projecting lugs '14, the inner sides ot which are circumterentially beveled as at A further reduced exteriorly threaded eXtension 16 projects from the extension i8 to receive the usual dust cap 17.y The hub and its extensions are provided with al central transverse opening 18 for the reception of the axle extremities. A disk 19 having a central aperture of a diameter to snugly iit the main body portion 10 of the hub is provided and said disk is provided withcorrugations 2O which extend radially from the centrally apertured portion to a point adj acent the outer periphery of the disk. The outer extremities of the corrugations are circumterentially curved as at 21 in one direction whereby to lend a sufficient flexibility to the disk to absorb excessive weight, j ars or jolts, and whereby to compensate ii'or expansion and contraction due to radical changes in the temperature. The outer periphery ot' the disk is provided with a suitable rim 22 for the accommodation oir' a tire 2?.k The inner corrugated periphery of the disk adjacent the central aperture conforms to the corrugations l2 of the annular shoulder 1l whereby the same will snugly tit therein. A washer Zet having corrucai'ions on its inner side -t'ace is adapted to iit against the opposite side oi the inner periphery o ii the disk and over the main body portion l0 of" the hub. ln order to provide means for iu'ipinging and retaining the washer "let against the disk and the disk in turn against the corrugated inner race ot the shoulder ll, a clamping member 26 is provided`r which member is substantially cup shaped and is formed with inwardly projecting circumiierentially spaced lugs Q7, the outer side 'faces of which lugs are provided soy 1 tol project therebeyond.

with a complementary bevel 28 which upon Vpartial rot-ation of the member interen- In applying' the disk to the hub, the inner apertured and corrugated periphery is positioned against the ,corrugated inner tace of the shoulder 11; the inner corrugated side tace 25 of the washer 211 is next applied against the opposite side of the disk; the

Vclamping` member 26 is applied over the extension 13 with the beveled lugs 2T therein interengaged with the beveled lugs 14 of thc extension andfinally the dust cap 17 is threaded on the reduced threaded extension 16. 1t will thus be seen that al vehicle wheel 'Yau is providedrin which a disk supporting element for the rim and tire` is detachably associated with the hub wherebv the removal or application ot Vthe same therefrom is greatly facilitated.

I claim :V

1. n a vehicle wheel, a connection between the hub and .rim consistingr of a disk having' adially disposed corrugra-tions, the outer terminals ot which are circumferenlially curved. Y Y i 2. ln a vehicle wheel including' a hub. a rim.y means ior 'supportingr the rim 'from the hub comprising` a disk having7- a central openingtitting over the hub and connected at its outer periphery to the rinn said disk having` radial corrugations, the outer terminals of which are circumferentially curved. W

In a vehicle wheel including'a hub, a

rim7 means for supporting the rim from the hub 'comprising a disk having' a central opening fitting' over the hub and connected hesiter) at its outer periphery to the rim, said disk having radial'corrugations, the outer ter` minals of which are circumferent-ially curved, and complementary interengageable corrugated washer adapted to tit over the hub against the OPPOSte side et the. disk, and a plurality of beveledlugs extending radially from the hub at the. opposite endl from the shoulder, a clamping member having complementary beveled lugs adapted to engage the hub lugs 'for impinging the;

washer against the disk and for lockingv the same against displacement.

5. In a vehicle wheel, a hub havin,r ra radially corrugated shoulde-r at one end, a disk having a tire supporting rim at its outer periphery and provided with a centrally yapert-ured portion adapted .to tit over the hub, corrugations eXtendinp radially 'i 'from the a-pert-ured portion adapted to fit against the corrugated Shoulder, a radially corrugated washer adapted to fit over Ythe huh against the opposite side of thedisk, and a Vplm-ality of beveled lugs extending radially trom the hub at the opposite end' from the shoulder, a clamping member having' complementary beveled'lugs adapted 'to engage the hub yhiesfor impinging the washer against the disk and for locking the same against displacement, an exteriorly threaded extension from said end of the hub and a cap threadedly engaged thereover for locking the clampinga member against displacement, the threads of said caphaving a reverse pitch to the"i-nclinat-ion of the beveled lugs. Y

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